That torturous snake-head marred his grandson's skin, and it was Walburga's choice.

Walburga hadn't left her dismal home in the last 2 years, and Orion was dead - the artefact was outsourced. He can See everything but Grimmauld Place - the blasted woman Walburga had shut him out, overridden the wards with some artefact she'd gotten from who knows where. Nursing a tumbler of scotch, half-written Will sitting at his desk, he stands in the warm candlelight at the window, leaning against the brocade draping. There is a restlessness in him he can't explain, some leaden rock that sits in his stomach and won't leave no matter how many things he checks to see if they are in working order. Cold hands burn, he's burning in the cold-Īrcturus watches the grey sky roll. His left wrist, his right leg, his wand is lost, drifting down into the depths and lost amongst the swarm.

He sees death, he looks Death in the eyes and fears him. He thrashes and fights and cries out for life. He's running out of breath, suffocating and drowning, all at the same time. He's screaming, inhaling water that disappears the moment it touches his lips. Pulled into the dark, dark, dark water, thousands of screaming faces, sunken and wretched, tear him down, pull him deeper. The coldest, slimiest claw-like hand grabbed his wrist and it burned. Scrambling to the silently lapping, abyssal water of the lake, he cupped his hands and breathed in. Screaming for Kreacher to leave made his voice, his throat, crumble and crackle in the effort.

He tried drinking, and it had felt like the driest desert air. He can't breathe, he's trying to breathe, trying to drink. Stats: Published: Updated: Words: 5871 Chapters: 2/? Comments: 9 Kudos: 21 Bookmarks: 5 Hits: 471

i try to fix things but i probably break things more.

Harry Potter gets the family he deserves.

Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather.

Charlie Weasley & Original Character(s).

Original Character(s)/Original Character(s).

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